Translingual

Proper noun

Opifex m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Culicidae – species of mosquito, native to New Zealand.

Hyponyms

• (genus): Opifex fuscus - selected species

Latin

Noun

opifex m, f ‎(genitive opificis); third declension

1. Someone who does work (especially creative or constructive); worker, maker, framer, fabricator, workman, mechanic, artificer, craftsman, inventor, artist, artisan.

Inflection

Third declension.

Derived terms

• opificium

Related terms

• opus

Descendants

• English: opificer
• Italian: opificio

References

• opifex in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• opifex in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• OPIFEX in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “opifex”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • God is the Creator of the world: deus est mundi procreator (not creator), aedificator, fabricator, opifex rerum